The purpose of this site is to provide an integrated
BEAM
gallery / web index / explanation of the various flavors of
BEAMbots
that have been built to date. This site should be useful to
those attempting to research a given type of robot, as well
as to those new to BEAM
who just want a quick overview of the types of robots that
can be built with this technology.

The BEAM
Bestiary is the inheritor of much material first presented
elsewhere -- in some cases sites or portions of sites which
it is meant to directly replace. In particular, this site is
built from, and replaces, the BEAM
bot description sections of the stand-alone BEAM From
the Ground Up, as well as Bruce Robinson's BEAM Web
Index (with permission). Additional gallery material has
been collected from a number of sites.

As for organization, this site presents a BEAMbot
"Family Tree," showing one way that
the various types of BEAMbots
can be grouped into categories. From there, you can follow
the links to wander through the 'bots one at a time, or jump
to the species you're interested in via the menu over on the
left. If you're looking for something really specific ('bots
by a given builder, etc.), you can use the search function
down in the bar at the bottom of each page.

If you've built a 'bot you'd like to see listed in these
pages (or would like to update / correct an existing
listing), please drop me a line. You can do this via email,
or if you have JavaScript enabled, you can use the
"Submit" form which is linked to
on the bottom of each page.